A few weeks ago, we noticed a big ugly purplish, slightly raised blotch on Lennie’s chest. It looked most painful, but she didn’t seem to be bothered by it. We had just gotten home from a weekend trip and wondered if her car seat belt had been too tight and bruised her. When it didn’t go away pretty quickly, we took her to the doctor (this was the occasion of the destruction of my carnie dreams), and it turned out that the mark is a hemangioma, and a pretty darned mild one, based on some of the pictures out there. Naturally, I can’t help but think of Chuck Mangione when I see the mark.
Lucky as one might count oneself to find an acclaimed trumpeteer (and not just a vaguely homophonic birthmark) on his infant daughter’s chest (it’s rather like finding Jesus in a cinnamon bun), I can’t help thinking that I’m luckier than even such a fortunate person to have turned up with a happy, healthy baby.
Hello I was just wondering how you’re daughter was doing. See my son is 3 months and 3 days after thanksgiving I found a lump on his chest above his left breast. When he was born he had “breast buds” so they said that’s why I didn’t notice it right away. Now it is about the size of a half dollar and it’s under his skin. He went to a doctor today and they want him to have an MRI. So my question is has her’s grown or showed any sign of going away. I’m really scared for him because they have to drug him for the MRI and I just wanted to talk to somebody who might have gone through this so if you get any spare time to reply I would love to know about her and how things are going.